Dispensing cabinet



May 28, 1940. B. E. COLBURN DISPENSING CABINET Filed Nov. 8, 1938 Patented May 28, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 3 Claims.

The invention relates to cabinets especially adapted for use for dispensing purposes, the primary object of the invention being the provision of means in such cabinets for displaying advertisements or the like.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a construction of the character indicated so arranged as to permit the ready insertion or removal of advertising matter for display.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and in which Fig. 1 is a front perspective view of a dispensing cabinet embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a partial front view of the same;

Fig. 3 a section taken substantially on line 33 of Fig. 2; v

Fig. 4 a section taken substantially on line 4-4 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 5 a section taken substantially on line 55 of Fig. 2.

The embodiment of the invention illustrated in the drawing comprises a rectangular cabinet lll'made of sheet metal having a vertical front wall ll provided adjacent its bottom with a dis- 30 charge slot or opening l2 for the dispensing of paper towels in strip form.

The front wall ll of the cabinet is provided with a central sight opening I 3 which is rectangular in form and has its greater dimension ar- 35 ranged horizontal as shown. The edges I4 of the opening l3 are bent or struck outwardly to form an ornamental border for the opening l3 and a retaining recess l5 on the inner sideof the wall ll. Vertical retaining strips N5 are arranged 40 on the inner side of the wall ll as shown to traverse the opposite edges of the sight opening I3, said strips being secured at both top and bottom to the wall H, but free therefrom at their outer edges as indicated. 'A flexible transparent sheet I! is arranged as shown in the recess l5 and a display card 18 is also arranged in said recess immediately behind said transparent sheet I!. A metallic retaining plate H] is arranged as shown immediately behind the display card I3 with its edges inserted under the adjacent edges of the retaining strips 96, and whereby said display card I8 will be nicely and snugly held in place.

By this arrangement display cards for adver- 55 tising or other purposes may be readily inserted in or removed from the recess l t behind the transparent plate ll. For this purpose, if the display card is suficiently flexible so that it may be bent centrally without injury, its edges may be readily inserted under the strips I6. If the display card is stiffer or not capable of being bent, one of its edges may be slipped under one of the strips 56 and thence outwardly under the outer free edge of said strip to permit the insertion of the other edge under the other strip l6 and thus placed in position in the recess 15 behind the transparent plate ll. The retaining plate I9 maybe readily placed in position by having its edges inserted under the adjacent edges of the strips It as indicated. Obviously the parts may be correspondingly and readily removed when desired. The specific form and arrangement of parts disclosed is a simple and effective one for the purose.

p While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying the invention into effect, this iscapable of variation and modification without departing from the spirit of the invention. I therefore do not wish to be limited to the precise details disclosed, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as fall within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A cabinet of the class described having a sheet metal front wall provided with a display opening having its edges bent outwardly to form an outer border for said opening and an inner recess to receive the edges of a display member; and two strips on the inner side of said wall traversing opposite edges of a display member in'said recess.

2. A cabinet of the class described having a sheet metal front wall provided with a display opening having its edges bent outwardly to form an outer border for said opening and an inner recess to receive the edges of a display member, said opening being rectangular in form and arranged with its greater dimension horizontal; two vertical strips traversing opposite edges of a display member in said recess, saidstrips being secured at top and bottom to said wall but free therefrom at their outer edges.

3. A cabinet of the class described having a sheet metal front wall provided with a display opening having its edges bent outwardly to form an outer border for said opening and an inner recess to receive the edges of a display member; and means comprising vertical strips on the inner side of said Wall for removably retaining a display member in said recess, and aplate fitting against the back of the display member and extending at each side beneath the edges of the vertical strips.

BEARL E. COLBURN. 

